The Second Special Artillery Regiment, as the scarcest resource of the Second Expeditionary Army, is directly commanded by Huang Hua. If the joint command wants to call it, it needs Huang Haifu and Walaifu to sign the order together. Walaifu nodded and said: "We will be attacked today. The Japanese aviation force should be an elite force, and I support your decision."
Huang Haifu: "Then I will draft an order." He sat on a chair made of ammunition boxes, picked up a pen and scribbled orders on the order notes, and said at the same time: "Xue Debing and the others should have detected the Japanese forward. I don’t know if its main force will have the guts to continue attacking tomorrow.”
Waleff laughed and said, "Are you afraid that we won't be able to fight? Don't worry, the Japanese army will launch such a fierce air attack. It shouldn't end in a hurry."
"I hope so."
The Xuebing Army launched the "Sink" operation, gathering the Guangzhou Aviation Corps, the Zhejiang Aviation Corps, and the Taiwan Strait Aviation Corps to conduct a long-distance raid of more than 1,000 kilometers and air raids on Kyushu Island, Japan, completely destroying the two important military ports of Nagasaki and Sasebo. After the news was disclosed by the General Headquarters of the Xuebing Army and published in the newspapers, the people within the jurisdiction of the Xuebing Army rushed to tell each other. All the soldiers and civilians fell into great joy, and the morale of the people was once again united.
Takahashi Ryoko didn't know the news until a little later. Only then did the Japanese woman understand the purpose of the batches of fighter planes she saw flying eastward during the day. She stood on the balcony on the second floor of the Guangzhou branch of the Anti-War Alliance. , listening to the cheers from the streets, she looked to the east, her longing for her homeland surged in her heart, and she couldn't help but murmured: "The student army dared to attack Kyushu in the daytime, is this war almost over? .”
The Xuebing Army suddenly dispatched an unprecedented scale of aviation forces to attack the Japanese mainland. This move shocked too many people.
After the Americans, the British also received relevant intelligence. London, including British Prime Minister Churchill, and British military and political officials all believed that this was a sign that the Cadet Army was about to launch a counterattack, and believed that the Cadet Army's move would inevitably draw the main force of the Japanese army away. To the east, the pressure on the British army in India would be greatly reduced, so a series of telegrams were sent to Wavell to instruct him on what to do. The central meaning was that this was a great opportunity for the British army in the Far East to launch a counterattack, and it should be grasped.
Wavell was aware of this. He couldn't laugh or cry, but he could only act according to the order. So that night, he intercepted Ouyang Yun in the small Indian town of Varasina.
After the failure of the Battle of Pyay, Wavell's life was quite miserable. After the battle, the British army, which suffered heavy losses, no longer had the capital to fight a positional battle or even a major battle with the Japanese army, so they had to abandon a large defensive position north of Pyay. Turn to the India-Myanmar border and make a strategic retreat,
The British agreed to lease Karachi to the Cadet Army, partly because of pressure from the U.S. government, but also because their Far East Air Force had suffered extensive losses and was in urgent need of additional fighter planes, so it viewed this as a way to enhance friendly relations with the Cadet Army. An opportunity to purchase fighter jets from Xuebingjun,
Today, the Xuebing Army's two iconic fighter aircraft types, the Baiji and the Sky Fortress, have long entered the ranks of the main front-line fighter aircraft. However, due to deep-rooted traditional concepts, including Americans, although they are professional I appreciate these two fighter jets from a different perspective, but I don’t think that the Baiji Dolphin and the Sky Fortress are the most advanced. In the words of some so-called professionals, China is so poor and backward, how could they develop aircraft that far exceed the world average in such a short period of time? Wavell was one of those who held this view, so he was initially willing to reach an agreement with the Xuebing Army to purchase fighter jets. The purpose was just for emergency purposes.
It’s different now,
The Xuebing Army's courage to launch air attacks on two important Japanese military ports at the same time during the day must be due to its confidence in the powerful performance of its own fighter planes and its lack of fear of Japanese retaliation.
Wavell arrived at Valasina in the Xuebing Army's Great Wall off-road vehicle. During the meeting in Bangkok, Wavell and Ouyang Yun reached many agreements, including the purchase of fifty Great Wall armed off-road vehicles. In terms of vehicles, it has been some time since fifty Great Wall off-road vehicles were handed over to the British army, but this was the first time that Wavell took them for a long time. The feeling of performance became more and more profound, so he said with emotion: "It was my mistake. Xuebingjun can even build such an advanced car, so why can't it build a fighter plane with superior performance?"
The frontline battles were losing ground and large areas of colonies were captured by the Japanese army. This made it difficult for Wavell to maintain his usual arrogant attitude. When he saw Ouyang Yun again, the old British man's attitude was that of a gentleman. Xinbao, who had also met him in Bangkok, felt that I couldn't help but make strange remarks again and again: It's strange that the old British man is so polite now.
In Ouyang Yun's itinerary, he met with Wavell and signed the terms of renting Karachi. He was not surprised that the old British man intercepted the road in the middle of the night. The situation in the India-Burma war was so corrupt that it was strange that the British were not impatient.
After a brief exchange of greetings, the old British man stopped talking nonsense and directly stated the main purpose of his trip. He summed it up in one sentence: "Fighter planes, fighter planes, we urgently need your army's fighter planes."
The old British man looked anxious and angry, while Ouyang Yun's expression became calmer, and he talked about many difficulties casually: We only have two fighter production lines, and the production capacity can only meet the demand; our non-ferrous metal production is limited, and our fuel reserves are insufficient... Summary The same thing I said when I got up was: I understand your urgency, but our Xuebingjun’s capabilities are only so great, so I’m sorry that I can’t help you.
If Ouyang Yun had had this attitude during the talks in Bangkok, the old British man would have slapped the table and walked away. But at this moment, even though the old British man was furious, he could only suppress it and said in a soothing tone as much as possible: "But I heard that Ang Bos has purchased a large number of fighter planes from your army. Commander-in-Chief Ouyang, could you please discuss and sell those fighter planes to us first? If you have difficulty in talking, we will come forward to discuss with Ang Bos."
"But among those batches of fighters, a considerable number are old fighters. Are you sure?"
Regarding the fact that the French Restoration Army purchased a large number of fighter planes from the Cadet Army, Wavell also heard about it and did not know the truth. If he knew that the so-called old fighters Ouyang Yun said were actually early Baiji models, he would probably not care. He hesitated and agreed. The problem was that he didn't know, so after Ouyang Yun said this, he immediately hesitated. Then, he took a deep breath as if he had made up his mind, stared into Ouyang Yun's eyes and said: "Your Excellency , we really need a group of fighters to maintain the war situation, you can make conditions, as long as we have the ability to do it, we will definitely accept it."
"Hmm." Ouyang Yun rolled his eyes, and the word "Hong Kong" immediately came to mind. It was a great temptation. However, he then thought about it. The Japanese would definitely attack Hong Kong next, and he would just attack it directly. There was no need to Wasting this opportunity to exploit the British, he said: "You misunderstood me. I really can't help you. Well, please wait a moment, Liusu."
"Brother." Bai Liusu responded and looked at her,
"Send a telegram back to Guangzhou and ask if we can get a few Baiji dolphins out recently."
"OK."
Wavell couldn't understand Chinese, so he quickly asked the translator next to him. Then, when the translator translated it, the old man almost went crazy when he heard "a few Baiji Dolphins".
"Fifty, please support us with at least fifty." He said to Ouyang Yun, his face turned red.
(Old Poisoner: Spring is here, brothers understand that the words are wrong)